File #: Int 0709-2018    Version: Name: Identifying lead water supply mains and service lines through an online interactive map and providing educational resources and tools for preventing lead contamination.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Environmental Protection
On agenda: 3/7/2018
Enactment date: 4/14/2019 Law number: 2019/065
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to identifying lead water supply mains and service lines through an online interactive map and providing educational resources and tools for preventing lead contamination
Sponsors: James G. Van Bramer, Peter A. Koo, Laurie A. Cumbo, Ben Kallos, Carlos Menchaca, Donovan J. Richards, Kalman Yeger , Robert F. Holden, Stephen T. Levin, Diana I. Ayala, Carlina Rivera
Council Member Sponsors: 11
Summary: This proposed legislation requires the department of environmental protection to provide to the public, on the city’s website, an online interactive map with information regarding the known lead water service lines and to make best efforts to identify all lead water service lines, including privately owned service lines, by consulting relevant city or public records or by any other relevant means. It also requires the department to provide information to users about lead contamination prevention, lead water test kits and how to replace lead service lines. The department must replace any known lead water service lines that are owned by the department no later than December 31, 2025. Thereafter the department must provide to the council and the mayor an annual report on the locations of all known lead water service lines, efforts underway to replace lead water supply mains and service lines and the status of public outreach and education efforts on the prevention of lead contamination.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 709-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 709, 3. Int. No. 709, 4. March 7, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 03-07-18, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 7, 2018, 7. Committee Report 9/27/18, 8. Hearing Testimony 9/27/18, 9. Hearing Testimony 9/27/18 (Con't), 10. Hearing Transcript 9/27/18, 11. Proposed Int. No. 709-A - 2/6/19, 12. Committee Report 3/13/19, 13. Hearing Transcript 3/13/19, 14. March 13, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-13-19, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 13, 2019, 17. Int. No. 709-A (FINAL), 18. Fiscal Impact Statement, 19. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 20. Local Law 65
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
4/17/2019AJames G. Van Bramer City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/14/2019AJames G. Van Bramer Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/2/2019AJames G. Van Bramer Mayor Hearing Scheduled by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/13/2019AJames G. Van Bramer City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/13/2019AJames G. Van Bramer City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
3/13/2019*James G. Van Bramer Committee on Environmental Protection Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/13/2019*James G. Van Bramer Committee on Environmental Protection Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/13/2019*James G. Van Bramer Committee on Environmental Protection Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/13/2019AJames G. Van Bramer Committee on Environmental Protection Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
9/27/2018*James G. Van Bramer Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/27/2018*James G. Van Bramer Committee on Health Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/27/2018*James G. Van Bramer Committee on Environmental Protection Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/27/2018*James G. Van Bramer Committee on Health Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/27/2018*James G. Van Bramer Committee on Environmental Protection Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/27/2018*James G. Van Bramer Committee on Housing and Buildings Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/7/2018*James G. Van Bramer City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/7/2018*James G. Van Bramer City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 709-A

 

By Council Members Van Bramer, Koo, Cumbo, Kallos, Menchaca, Richards, Yeger, Holden, Levin, Ayala and Rivera

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to identifying lead water supply mains and service lines through an online interactive map and providing educational resources and tools for preventing lead contamination

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 8 of title 23 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 23-803 to read as follows:

§ 23-803 Online interactive map. The department of environmental protection shall provide to the public, at no charge, on the city’s website, an online interactive map pursuant to section 24-309.1. All information required by section 24-309.1 shall be available on the city’s website on or before June 1, 2019 and updated, at minimum, in June of each year. The mayor shall ensure that agencies provide such department with assistance and information as it requires to compile and update the interactive map.

§ 2. Subchapter 1 of chapter 3 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-309.1 to read as follows:

§ 24-309.1 Tracking lead water service lines; online interactive map.

a. No later than June 1, 2019, the department of environmental protection shall make information about known lead water service lines available on the city’s website in the form of an online interactive map, pursuant to section 23-803. The department of environmental protection, or individuals authorized by such department, shall make best efforts to identify all lead water service lines, including privately owned service lines, by consulting relevant city or public records or by any other relevant means.

b. Such online interactive map shall:

1. Be searchable by address or borough, block and lot number;

2. Identify, to the best of the department of environmental protection’s ability, through a color scheme or other identification method, lead water service lines, and, if the composition is unknown, mark it as such until such department can determine its composition;

3. Indicate which lead water service lines are owned by the city; and

4. Provide relevant information to users, including information about lead contamination prevention, lead water test kits and any other relevant resources.

c. If a property is serviced by a lead water service line, the department of environmental protection shall:

1. If applicable, provide information to relevant property owners about the process and permissions required in making a connection to a pipe for the purposes of replacing lead water service lines; and

2. Replace any known lead water service lines that are owned by the city as soon as practicable but no later than December 31, 2025.

d. No later than June 1, 2019 and every June 1 thereafter, the department of environmental protection shall provide to the council and the mayor an annual report containing information on the following:

1. Locations of all known lead water service lines;

2. Efforts underway to replace lead water supply mains and service lines; and

3. The status of public outreach and education efforts on the prevention of lead contamination. 

e. The department of environmental protection may include with any such report a recommendation to the mayor and the council about whether continued reporting on such topic is necessary and appropriate.

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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